System and Method for Controlling and Organizing Metadata Associated with On-Line Content

1. A system for controlling metadata associated with content on an electronic device as directed by a user of the electronic device, the system comprising: a user interface configured to display interface screens on a display screen of the electronic device; an input mechanism configured to receive user instructions through the interface screens; a plurality of content items accessible by the electronic device, one or more of the plurality of content items having metadata associated therewith; a plurality of content sharing mechanisms accessible by the electronic device, where each of the plurality of content sharing mechanisms is configured to at least one of import and export content items over a network accessible by the electronic device; a plurality of profiles accessible by the electronic device, where each of the plurality of profiles includes profile instructions and is directed to at least one of the plurality of content sharing mechanisms, and where the profile instructions are configured to include geolocation information; a sharing component configured for display of one or more displayed content items of the plurality of content items, and further configured for user selection of selected content from the one or more displayed content items for export from the electronic device, and further configured for user selection of a selected content sharing mechanism of the plurality of content sharing mechanisms, and further configured to share the selected content through the selected content sharing mechanism; a metadata modification component configured to automatically select one or more relevant profiles of the plurality of profiles based on the selected content sharing mechanism, and configured to modify metadata associated with the selected content in accordance with the profile instructions of the one or more relevant profiles to generate modified metadata for the selected content sharing mechanism; wherein the sharing component is configured to share the selected content and the modified metadata through the selected content sharing mechanism after the metadata associated with the selected content is processed by the metadata modification component; and wherein when the profile instructions of the one or more relevant profiles include profile geolocation information, the sharing component shares the selected content with a geolocation overlay and shares the modified metadata with the profile geolocation information, such that when the geolocation overlay is selected a map is displayed showing a location given by the profile geolocation information.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein each content item of the plurality of content items accessible by the electronic device is one of original content and modified content, where modified content is previously modified by the metadata modification component; and wherein for any original content in the selected content, the metadata modification component is configured to make a copy of the original content, and to associate the modified metadata with the copy of the original content, and to not modify the metadata associated with the original content.

3. The system of claim 2 , further comprising: a watermark selection component configured for user selection of watermark activation, and user selection of a selected watermark; and a marking component configured to add the selected watermark to the copy of the original content when the modified metadata is associated with the copy of the original content and when watermark activation is selected.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein when the selected content sharing mechanism is electronic mail, the sharing component is configured to prepare the selected content and the modified metadata to be sent by electronic mail over a network.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein when the selected content sharing mechanism is configured to share content over a network, the sharing component is configured to prepare the selected content and the modified metadata to be uploaded to the network to be shared.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein when the selected content sharing mechanism is a text message, the sharing component is configured to prepare the selected content and the modified metadata to be sent as a text message over a network.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the metadata modification component determines relevant profiles based on a user-selected destination for export of the selected content.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the metadata modification component determines relevant profiles based on a type of content for the selected content.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein when no relevant profiles are found the metadata modification component is configured to notify the user that no relevant profiles were found for modification of the metadata associated with the selected content, and to enable the user to manually modify the metadata associated with the selected content.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of content items includes at least one of original content and modified content, where the modified content is modified by the metadata modification component; and the system further comprises: a marking component configured to visually mark any modified content of the plurality of content items.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of content items include photos accessible by the electronic device.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of content items include videos accessible by the electronic device.

13. The system of claim 1 , wherein when the one or more relevant profiles include profile geolocation information, the metadata modification component is configured to replace geolocation information in the metadata associated with the selected content with a user selected location stored in the profile geolocation information to generate the modified metadata.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the user interface includes an interface map and a pin indicating a selected location; and the user can move the pin on the interface map to select the user selected location for the profile geolocation information.

15. The system of claim 1 , wherein when the one or more relevant profiles include a remove author profile, the metadata modification component is configured to remove author information in the metadata associated with the selected content to generate the modified metadata.

16. The system of claim 1 , wherein when the one or more relevant profiles include an author profile, the metadata modification component is configured to replace author information in the metadata associated with the selected content with user selected author information stored in the author profile to generate the modified metadata.

17. The system of claim 1 , wherein when the one or more relevant profiles include a filename profile, the metadata modification component is configured to replace filename information in the metadata associated with the selected content with user selected filename information stored in the filename profile to generate the modified metadata.

18. The system of claim 1 , wherein when the one or more relevant profiles include a remove date/time profile, the metadata modification component is configured to remove date/time information from the metadata associated with the selected content to generate the modified metadata.

19. The system of claim 1 , wherein when the one or more relevant profiles include a remove all profile, the metadata modification component is configured to remove all identifying information from the metadata associated with the selected content to generate the modified metadata.

20. The system of claim 1 , wherein the profile instructions are further configured to include web site address information; and when the profile instructions of the one or more relevant profiles include profile website address information, the sharing component shares the modified metadata with the profile web site address information.